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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face [syn: visor, vizor]
2: a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead" [syn: bill, peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor]

Merriam Webster's

variant of visor

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of VISOR.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Visor Vis"or, n. [OE. visere, F. visi[`e]re, fr. OF. vis. See Visage, Vision.] [Written also visar, visard, vizard, and vizor.] 1. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. 2. A mask used to disfigure or disguise. ``My very visor began to assume life.'' --Shak. My weaker government since, makes you pull off the visor. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vizor Viz"or, n. See Visor.